Electroconvulsive therapy in adolescents: Experience, knowledge, and attitudes of recipients

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 594-599

  Walter, Garry ^a,b,d   Koster, Karryn ^c   Rey, Joseph M ^b  

^a Rivendell Unit   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c The New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry   (Australia)

^d Rivendell Child & Adolescent Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attitudes; Electroconvulsive therapy; Experience; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032913447     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199905000-00022     Document Type: Article

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